Phylogenetic Diversity of Wetland Plants across China.

ABSTRACT: Accelerating and severe wetland loss has made wetland restoration increasingly important. Current wetland restorations do not take into consideration the ecological adaptability of wetland plants at large scales, which likely affects their long-term restoration success. We explored the ecological adaptability, including plant life forms and phylogenetic diversity, of plants across 28 wetlands in China. We found that perennial herbs were more common than annual herbs, with the proportion of perennial herbs accounting for 40-50%, 45-65%, 45-70%, 50-60%, and 60-80% of species in coastal wetlands, human-made wetlands, lake wetlands, river wetlands, and marsh wetlands, respectively. A ranking of phylogenetic diversity indices (PDIs) showed an order of marsh < river < coastal < lake < human-made

SUBMITTER: Zhang A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8470339 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature